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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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Relating to making supplemental appropriations and giving |
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direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION: PUBLIC FINANCE |
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AUTHORITY. The unencumbered appropriations from the general |
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revenue fund to the Public Finance Authority made by Chapter 1281 |
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(H.B. 1), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 (the |
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General Appropriations Act), for use during the state fiscal |
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biennium ending August 31, 2017, for bond debt service payments, |
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including appropriations subject to Rider 2, page I-47, Chapter |
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1281 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 |
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(the General Appropriations Act) to the bill pattern of the |
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appropriations to the authority, are reduced by a total aggregate |
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of $39,856,983. The Public Finance Authority shall identify the |
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strategies and objectives to which the reduction is to be allocated |
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and the amount of the reduction for each of those strategies and |
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objectives. |
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SECTION 2. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES: |
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ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS. In addition to amounts previously |
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appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2017, |
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the following amounts are appropriated from the general revenue |
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fund to the Department of Family and Protective Services for the |
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state fiscal year ending August 31, 2017, for the following |
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purposes as listed in Chapter 1281 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 84th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 (the General Appropriations |
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Act): |
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(1) $12,740,200 for Strategy B.1.3., TWC Contracted |
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Day Care; |
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(2) $31,993,283 for Strategy B.1.9., Foster Care |
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Payments; and |
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(3) $1,576,783 for Strategy B.1.10., Adoption/PCA |
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Payments. |
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SECTION 3. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES: |
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CERTAIN TRANSFERS. Notwithstanding the limitations of Rider 32, |
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page II-43, Chapter 1281 (H.B. 1), Acts of the 84th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2015 (the General Appropriations Act), to the bill |
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pattern of the appropriations to the Department of Family and |
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Protective Services, the department shall transfer $435,475 from |
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Strategy B.1.11., Relative Caregiver Payments, to Strategy B.1.9., |
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Foster Care Payments, as listed in Chapter 1281 (H.B. 1), Acts of |
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the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 (the General |
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Appropriations Act). |
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SECTION 4. TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE: APPROPRIATION FOR |
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GENERAL COST CAUSE BY VARIOUS EMERGENCY WEATHER-RELATED RESPONSES. |
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In addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal |
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biennium ending August 31, 2017, $5,100,000 is appropriated from |
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the general revenue fund to the Texas A&M Forest Service for the |
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state fiscal year ending August 31, 2017, for the purpose of paying |
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for, or reimbursing payments made for, costs incurred by the forest |
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service associated with responding to various weather-related |
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emergencies. |
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SECTION 5. ANIMAL HEALTH COMMISSON: CATTLE FEVER TICKS. In |
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addition to amounts previously appropriated for the state fiscal |
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biennium ending August 31, 2017, the Animal Health Commission is |
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appropriated $649,987 out of the general revenue fund for the |
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preparedness, response and mitigation for cattle fever ticks under |
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Strategy A.1.1., Field Operations as listed in Chapter 1281 (H.B. |
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1), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015 (the |
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General Appropriations Act). |